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I used to have loads of problems with Firefox, it was so slow... took several minutes to close, it would freeze regularly etc. I got so sick of having to clear

by ticks 15y ago

I used to have loads of problems with Firefox, it was so slow... took several minutes to close, it would freeze regularly etc. I got so sick of having to clear the cache every few weeks. Then one day I noticed their hidden profile manager, created a new profile and used it instead. A few months on and everything is still working like it should. No need to clear caches, it quits within seconds, no crashes and so on. It's worth a try if you get something similar. Obviously something was screwed up with my profiles, it took a really long time to delete the old profile.

cpeterso 15y ago
Vacuuming your Firefox profile's SQLite databases can significantly improve startup time: http://mozillalinks.org/2009/07/vacuum-your-firefox-databases-for-better-performance/ http://mozillalinks.org/2009/07/vacuum-your-firefox-database... There was a bug request to auto-vacuum profiles after an upgrade, but the bug was closed as WONTFIX: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395020 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395020
- starwed 15y ago
  If you read that bug, it was WONTFIX'd because they chose a different way of scheduling vacuums.
wolf550e 15y ago
A corrupted sqlite database file could do that.
dazbradbury 15y ago
Yep, I used to have a few problems with my addons. Various windows would stop appearing or only partially appear, tree-style-tabs would have funny behaviour. I would assume it was because I was running the latest FF and the add-on hadn't caught up yet... However, simply creating a new profile solved all my problems. Now, any time I run into an issue, I just create a new profile. I know some people will simply suggest switching browser, but nothing handles hundreds or thousands of tabs better than firefox, and I'm not looking to change how I browse the web just to go easy on my browser...!
nnethercote 15y ago
I shudder to think how much of the Firefox's reputation for slowness comes from busted profiles :(

by ticks 15y ago

cpeterso 15y ago

Vacuuming your Firefox profile's SQLite databases can significantly improve startup time: http://mozillalinks.org/2009/07/vacuum-your-firefox-databases-for-better-performance/ http://mozillalinks.org/2009/07/vacuum-your-firefox-database... There was a bug request to auto-vacuum profiles after an upgrade, but the bug was closed as WONTFIX: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395020 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395020

starwed 15y ago
If you read that bug, it was WONTFIX'd because they chose a different way of scheduling vacuums.

wolf550e 15y ago

A corrupted sqlite database file could do that.

dazbradbury 15y ago

Yep, I used to have a few problems with my addons. Various windows would stop appearing or only partially appear, tree-style-tabs would have funny behaviour. I would assume it was because I was running the latest FF and the add-on hadn't caught up yet... However, simply creating a new profile solved all my problems. Now, any time I run into an issue, I just create a new profile. I know some people will simply suggest switching browser, but nothing handles hundreds or thousands of tabs better than firefox, and I'm not looking to change how I browse the web just to go easy on my browser...!

nnethercote 15y ago

I shudder to think how much of the Firefox's reputation for slowness comes from busted profiles :(